No place like home: Older adults and their housing

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Fisher, Jonathan D ^a   Johnson, David S ^b   Marchand, Joseph T ^c   Smeeding, Timothy M ^c   Torrey, Barbara Boyle ^d  

^a Litigation Analytics Inc   (United States)

^b U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Population Reference Bureau   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSUMER; COST; HOME; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; AGE; ECONOMICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETIREMENT; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; HOUSING; HUMANS; OWNERSHIP; RETIREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247587618     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.2.S120     Document Type: Article

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